Synthetic, Mechanistic, and Catalytic Actinide Organometallic Chemistry

将确定锕系元素和相关元素的不寻常的结构、电子、热力学和反应性特征。要研究的现象包括金属-配体键焓和反应热力学，金属-异质元素键化学，辅助配体效应和对映选择性转化，碳氢化合物和相关分子的活化，金属-类金属和金属-金属键，以及不寻常的氧化态和配体。长期目标是了解调节化学反应性的结构和电子因素，并利用刺激新的或增强的化学反应模式的特征。在化学学部无机、生物无机和有机金属项目的这个项目中，西北大学的Tobin J. Marks博士将继续研究锕系元素和相关元素的有机金属化学。基本的科学目标是了解决定化学反应性的因素，这一知识可能会增强某些催化剂体系的反应性。研究结果也可用于处理核废料和更多地了解其对环境的影响。

Unusual structural, electronic, thermodynamic, and reactivity characteristics of the actinide and related elements will be determined. Phenomena to be investigated include metal-ligand bond enthalpies and reaction thermodynamics, metal-heteroelement bond chemistry, ancillary ligand effects and enantioselective transformations, the activation of hydrocarbon and related molecules, metal-metalloid and metal-metal bonds, as well as unusual oxidation states and ligands. The long range goal is to understand those structural and electronic factors which modulate chemical reactivity, and to capitalize on features which stimulate new or enhanced modes of chemical reactivity. %%% In this project in the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Program of the Chemistry Division, Dr. Tobin J. Marks of Northwestern University will continue studies of the organometallic chemistry of actinide and related elements. The basic scientific goal is to understand the factors that determine chemical reactivity, a knowledge that may allow enhanced reactivity of certain catalyst systems. The results may also be of use in dealing with nuclear wastes and learning more about their effect on the environment.